Showing posts with label PREDICATE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PREDICATE. Show all posts

Saturday, November 3, 2012

4. THE PREDICATE

I. DEFINITION


P is the second main constituent of the sentence which along with the S makes up the predicative bond. It predicates features and characteristics of the S and is in concord with it. It is in most cases a verb form and may take Objects and Complements,

e.g. He had given the girl an apple.